Recent content by rhkennerly

There are so many wonderfully weird Questions on this list! No idea. It does bring to mind some company recently hawking an advanced training plane to big schools with a fixed gear but also with a gear handle in the cockpit so students start off pretending they’re flying complex airplanes.

there is an entire anonymous forum here on POA devoted to medical issues. I’d try there.

For a more hopeful aspect on feeling like you cheated death or imposter syndrome, I’d wager there are few pilots who don’t, in the back of their minds, entertain a little bit of that feeling every time they land. On every takeoff, there is a nagging thought about the inevitability of fuel...

Congrats. If it’s engineless and only 50% done, you’ve got plenty of time to find instructors. I learned the hard way that the easy part of building an airplane is making it look like an airplane. It’s the wiring that takes forever. It’s slow and tedious.

Just seemed like a lot of departures. Backed up on taxiway P and D across 05/23, maybe 100 planes. Imagine there are a lot of frustrated pilots in the Parker hold. A lot had to leave this afternoon before the show.

Just checked SnF on ForeFlight 17:45. Arrivals are stopped and there is a mass exodus of planes on both runways. Is there something going on?

The oral.

Usually there is a reason, often related to past high jinx of test takers themselves. Still, instead of getting your back up, call the testing center.

I just finished a BFR in a 150 because I wanted to simulate an LSA I am thinking about. I’m 5 lbs heavier than you & 3” shorter. The instructor was about 170. We limited the plane to 12 gals of fuel, about 2 hrs of flying time. No problem, other than folding in & out. American pilots &...

TNX. Learn something new every day.

Dump your hubby for the other instructor. There are too many other dynamics going on in a marriage for you two to be in a productive instructor/student relationship.

Ha! Wait until he gets to the E6B.

Try that video above. Kinda the best of both worlds.

Having said all that, I really like her approach:

Agreed. Concentrate on learning the Pray Wheel, sharpening pencils, and checking your math. If for no other reason, you’ll have a feel for back of the envelope estimates of times, distances, and fuel requirements and gauge whether you’ve made any input errors on the iPad. The wind side of...